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r/coursera↗

Online Education for the Masses

Coursera is a global online learning platform that offers anyone, anywhere, access to online courses and degrees from leading universities and companies

42k subscribers92 posts / mo in Sep 202683 authors / mosince 2012

r/coursera has 42k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 92 posts a month from 83 people. Top topics: Free Online Courses, Portal Issues and Grading Issues.

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Size and growth

How r/coursera has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +3.8% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202642k
Growing42k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−43%vs Sep 2025 · +7.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202692
QuieterPeaked at 248 in Jul 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/coursera

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Free Online Courses37%
  2. Portal Issues2.6%
  3. Grading Issues1.0%
  4. UX/UI Career Navigation1.0%
  5. Failed Classes0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

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Timing and removals

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Who writes here

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How they talk

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research